Mr. John Treacy:

We are involved with the inspection and development of the trails. We work very closely with local authorities in ensuring that there are safe trails around the country. The issue of access is a thorny one. I do not think anyone is going to solve that overnight but we try to work with and talk to farming organisations to make sure that agreements are in place. It is a case of working in co-operation rather than having rows about it. It involves cajoling people to provide access and people then obviously being responsible when they are on these trails.